Clothes drying rack



Feb. 14, 1939. N. 1.. POOLE CLOTHES DRYING RACK Fi led May 1, 1957INVENTDR N/NH LPOOLE fiz mend FM ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 14, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES DRYING RACK Nina. L. Poole, Riverside,Calif. Application May 1, 1937, Serial No. 140,218

2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes drying racks moreparticularly to those used for pivotally swinging wire hangers operatein conjunction with a hinged folding frame.

The principal object of my improvement is to provide a device which iseasily manipulated when preparing it for use, and one which can bereadily collapsed in order to avoid occupying valuable space when not inuse.

Another object of my invention is to device which has wire hangersoperating in pairs,

closed position; Figure 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3-3,Figure 1; Figure 4 is an enlarged cross section of a portion of the rackon the line 44, Figure 1, and illustrates a garment suspended inposition for drying, and Figure 5 is an enlarged detailed longitudinalsectional view on the line 5 5, Figure 4,

illustrating a garment held securely in position in the hangers.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawing,

Referring to the drawing, the character H1, indicates a base attached toany Wall or partition l2, by means of screws 14 I4. I6, is a frame andin the present instance is rectangular in shape and can be made out ofany suitable framing material, but I prefer a. thin rectangular metalmaterial. Hinges H, are secured to the frame l6 and to the base It, bymeans of screws I 8 and rivets l9 respectively, and provide means formaintaining proper relationship between the frame and base when loweringand raising the frame and associated parts. A toggle lever composed oftwo parts 28 and 23a respectively, are pivotally mounted to the base I 0and to the rectangular frame It, by means of pivot screws 22 and 24. Aclevis pin 26, serves to pivotally connect the inner extremities of thetoggle members 20 and 20a in A plurality of cross bars or rods vided andin the present instance 30 30 are proby the characters 32 32a and in thepresent instance are formed of a round metal or wire and are usuallymade of a rust resisting type of material.

The upper extremity of the hangers 32 32a are pivotally mounted on thecross bars 30, this being ed in Figure 1, but the quantity per crossincreased as desired.

bar can Additional spacer From the foregoing description of the variousparts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood.The size and general shape of the invention can be adapted to particularrequirements. It has been found that house type automobile trailers nowin common use, require space saving devices and my drying rack adaptsitself to such crowded conditions as exist in house trailers, bathrooms, small kitchens, apartments and small yards.

Obviously my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other thanthat illustrated in the accompanying drawing and I therefore consider asmy own, all such modifications and adaptations of the form of the deviceherein described as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A drying rack of the character described comprising a perpendicularbase, a frame pivotally mounted on said base and provided with spacedbars arranged parallel with each other and disposed transversely withrespect to the longitudinal axis of said frame, a toggle lever forsupporting the frame in an outwardly extended position, and hangerspivotally mounted in said frame having horizontally disposed grippingbar portions the longitudinal axes of said bar portions being disposedparallel with each other in both perpendicular and horizontal planes andhaving transverse axes in a substantially horizontal plane, said frameand hangers adapted to be folded so both the frame and hangers aredisposed in a perpendicular position.

2. In a drying rack comprising a perpendicular base, a rectangular frameextending outwardly from and hinged to said base and having itslongitudinal axis disposed at a right angle with respect to said base,horizontally disposed transverse rods arranged parallel with the saidbase and with each other and having their ends anchored in said frame atvarious spaced points, and a plurality of depending hangers freelypivoted on said transverse rods and arranged in pairs and havinghorizontally disposed gripping bar portions the longitudinal axes ofwhich are disposed parallel with each other in both perpendicular andhorizontal planes, said gripping bar portions in each pair of hangersbeing adapted to be urged against each other when coiling articlestightly therebetween.

NINA L. POOLE.

